Conversion formula

The conversion factor from gallons to cups is 16, which means that 1 gallon is equal to 16 cups:

1 gal = 16 cup

To convert 8990 gallons into cups we have to multiply 8990 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from gallons to cups. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 gal → 16 cup

8990 gal → V_(cup)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the volume V in cups:

V_(cup) = 8990 gal × 16 cup

V_(cup) = 143840 cup

The final result is:

8990 gal → 143840 cup

We conclude that 8990 gallons is equivalent to 143840 cups:

8990 gallons = 143840 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 6.9521690767519E-6 × 8990 gallons.

Another way is saying that 8990 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 6.9521690767519E-6 cups.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight thousand nine hundred ninety gallons is approximately one hundred forty-three thousand eight hundred forty cups:

8990 gal ≅ 143840 cup

An alternative is also that one cup is approximately zero times eight thousand nine hundred ninety gallons.

Conversion table

gallons to cups chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from gallons to cups